Re: RHN Registration

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On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 10:52:05 -0400
Alan Becker <rhml@mail-now.com> wrote:

# (1) rhn_register is GONE!!  What is it's replacement??
# In 7.2 this program is provided by the "rhn_register" 
# package. The 8.0 release notes have lists of removed and 
# replaced packages and the "rhn_register" package is not 
# mentioned at all.

The registration functionality has been moved into up2date itself.  This
was in the release notes.

# (2) The release notes indicate that something called 
# the "RedHat Setup Agent" is supposed to launch on 
# first boot after installation.	I have never seen this 
# (I've done 2 installs), but then I always use the 
# option to boot into text-mode.	Is it a GUI thing?  
# How would one launch this from command line?

Yes, it's a gui thing.  It's ran the first time you init 5, and it's
called "firstboot".

# I need a command-line means of registering these 
# systems with RHN.  Any suggestions would be welcome.
# Al Becker

Use the 'up2date' tool.

-- 
Jesse Keating
j2Solutions.net
Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org)

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